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- H.' T. FAls'rE." l TIME INDICATOR FoR'GoLF couns'ss Filed April 291922 2 Sheets-SheetA 2 www Patented Nov. 2, i926.

Unirsev STATES 'r a r TIME INDICATOR FOR GOLF COURSES.

Application led April 29, 1922.

One object of my invention is to provide a simple, convenient and easilyadjustable device for visibly indicating the times at which the playerson a golf course, after having begun playing at definite spacedintervals, should properly reach or leave each tee, in order to maintainpredetermined in tervals between them and so utilize the course to itsfullest capacity and in the most satisfactory manner.

Another object of my invention is to provide a time-indicating device ofthe type noted which shall be available for use at all of the severaltees of a golf course, and which in addition to being capable of use byall of a number of players, may be conveniently and quickly adjusted sothat its indications will be correct for any particular tee,-theinvention contemplating es- 0 pecially a holder or support and anadjustable indicating member, so designed that all of its displayedtime-indicating numerals may be clearly and easily noted.

These objects and other advantageous ends I attain as hereinafter setforth, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which,

Fig. l is a front elevation of a time-indie eating Vdevice constructedin accordance with my invention; and i Fig. 2 is a vertical section onthe line 2-2, Fig. l; and

Figs. 3 and i are plans of the adjustable numcrai-carrying element orelements of my device.

In the above drawings, l represents a suitable supporting structure inthe form of va pressed up or cast met-al face member 2 having mounted onits rear side one or more disc-like sheets or plates 5. The device as awholekmay be supported in any suitable or desired manner, in the presentinstance having an eye or perforated lug- 3 at its top whereby it may behung from or attached to a sandbox or other supporting structure. Thesheet or plate 5 is fixed in any desired position by a clamping screw 4Lthreaded into the rear sideof the lsup-L porting structure and thisscrew may be conveniently loosened when it is' desired to change oradjust the plate or sheet 5. rIhe latter is preferably maintained flatagainst the rear race of the member 2 by al relatively stiff backingplate 5a mounted on the clamp screw t and directly engaged by a Washerlil thereon.

Serial No. 557,3 19.

The front or vertical face of the member 2 is plane and has formedthrough it two series of substantially rectangular openings ai and b,offwhich those of the first series are arranged in a substantiallysemi-circular line above a horizontal line vpassing through the centerfrom which they are .equally spaced. The second series of openings b isarranged. on a circular arc preferably concentric with that ofthe seriesa, but in the case illustrated this arc is struck on a radius greaterthan that of the openings a and lies below the horizontal line throughthe center from which they .are equidistant. provided sevenopenings aand five openings Obviously the number ofl these openings may be variedas desired without` departing from my invention.

'Ihe representations of arrows or hands c are `preferably formed on theface 2 on radial lines terminating at the several openings a andlrespectively and each of these hands, which preferably have a more orless ornamental appearance, has applied to it a player-indicatingnumeral d. The numeral for the hand c pointing vertically upward isnought and the numerals for the other hands increase progressively byiiv in a clockwise direction therefrom. Vhile the genera-1 outline ofthe member 2 is im material so far asV my invention is concerned, I haveillustrated land preferably use it as semi-circularly curved from ahorizontal line passing through the center e and as having a rectangularoutline below this line.

The adjustable member or plate 5, as before noted, is circular inoutline and has printed or otherwise applied to one or both ofits facestwo concentric series of numerals f and g of lwhichthose of the firstseries are at such distance from its center as will render certain ofthem visible through the openings b on thersupporting structure whensaid plate has been applied thereto as shown.

Likewise the numerals of the series g are arranged on a circle whosediameter is such that certain of said numerals will be visible In thepresent instance I have through theopenings of the series CL, and

it is noted that whereas the numerals of this latter series are soprinted or formed that those of its upper half are upright or in suchpositions as tobe easily readable when the plate is supported in avertical plane,

those of the louter series f are relatively rej Y versed or so printedor applied that those of the lower half of the said series are easilylegible.

As a consequence of this arrangement of numerals, all of those of theseries f which are at any time visible through the openings D, andlikewise all of those of the series g which are visible through theopenings a, may be clearly and conveniently noted by anyone when theface member is hung or otherwise supported in a vertical plane,regardless of the adjustment of the plate 5.

On the second or opposite side of plate or disc 5 l have in the presentinstance printed or formed two other concentric series of numerals itand z', of which those of the first series, like those of the series gon the opposite face of the plate, are so arranged as to be visiblethrough the openings a and are so printed or formed that the upper halfof the series is upright. Likewise the numerals of the series c' arearranged on a circle having the same diameter as that of the series fand are reversed so that the lower half of the series is upright andeasily legible through the openings 5, under the conditions previouslynoted. The numerals of the two series j' and g are so spaced in thepresent case that every fourth one of the lower half of the first seriesis visible through the openings 5 and similarly every fourth one of theupper half of the series g is visible through the openings a.

Beginning with nought, the numerals of each series successivelyincrease, in the case shown by one, for three spaces and for each of thefollowing three spaces likewise in- Y crease by one, there being howeveran increase of three between the third and the fourth, the sixth and theseventh spaces, and so on up to 57. The series of numerals 7L and z' onthe second face of the plate or disc 5 are thus omitted from thecorresponding series of the other face, so that by suitably Vplacing thedisc in the holder any series of numerals, differing in amount by fiveand between the limits of nought and fifty-nine, may be so positioned asto be visible through the two sets of openings a and b.

lith the above described arrangement of parts, a suitable number ofindicating devices, such as that illustrated, are prepared, it beingassumed that the various players are to begin playing at the rst tee atintervals of five minutes apart, for example. At the first tee, the discr plate 5 is so held by its clamping screw to the holder or lface memberthat the numerals 0, 5, 10, 15, 15, 50 and 55 will bervisible throughthe openings a and the numerals 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 will be visiblethrough the openings The various players will be assigned numbersdiffering by live and running from O to 55 and each of them will beginplayingL at the starting tee at the time corresponding to the number ofminutes past the hour, fixed by his assigned number.

At the second tee another one of my dev ices will be set up, and if 1tbe assumed that eight minutes, for example, is required for an averageplayer to make the distance between t-he first and second tees, then theplate of this second device will be so set as to display the numeralSlat the uppermost of the openings a opposite the arrow or hand havingthe nought indication. In the next space to the right will be displayedthe numeral 13 adjacent the hand or arrow bearing the number 5, thusindicating for example, that the second player should reach the secondtee at thirteen minutes after the hour if he began to play at ve minutesafter the same. Similarly the space opposite the hand bearing thenumeral would have displayed in it the numeral 18, that opposite thehand having the numeral would show the numeral 23 and so on, therebyindicating to any player at what time he should properly arrive at thesecond tee, if he has played the game at the predetermined averagespeed. Y

At the third and other tees of the course are placed additional devices,each with its disc or plate 5 so adjusted as to show at a glance to eachplayer designated by one of the numbers indicated on the hands c, atjust what time he should properly reach any particular tee. By reason ofthe double series of reversely positioned numerals, it

is a matter of the greatest ease to unmistakeably read or note anynumeral displayed in either of the sets of openings a or b, where thereverse would be true if but a single series of numerals' should beprovided, since some of these would necessarily be inverted at certainportions of the device.

From the above description it will be appreciated that my indicator isof a relatively simple construction, is convenient and may be easilyadjusted to give correct indications at any position on a golf course,it being obvious that 'the numerals on either face of the plate may bedisplayed through the openings by properly positioning it on itssupporting structure. It is of course immaterial whether the device bemade of metal, wood or other material and it may obviously be supportedor mounted in any desired way without departing from my invention. v

j `While I have illustrated a plate or disc having two series ofnumerals on each of its faces and have shown the numerals of each seriesas arranged in different groups, it is to be understood that thisarrangement may be widely varied without departing from my invention,which contemplates broadly the provision of one or more adjustableindicating members or plateshaving thereon at least two concentricseries of time-indicating numerals oppositely disposed relatively toeach other so that when used with a tace member having top and bottomopenings, all of the figures displayed in or through said openings willbe in such positions as to be easily legible.

I claim:

1. In a time indicator for golf courses, the combination of a fixed tacemember; a plate pivotally` mounted at the back of said fixed member; andmeans for securing the plate temporarily against rotation, said platehaving two concentric series of time indicating numerals thereon, oneseries being nearer the center of rotation of the plate than the otherseries, the face member having two series of openings therein, oneseries of openings being in alignment with one of the series of numeralson the pivoted plate, and the other series of openings being inalignment with the other seri-es of numerals on said plate, the facemember having player designating characters thereon located adjacent theopenings respectively.

2. In a time indicator for golf courses, the combination in a fixedmember; a plate pivotally mounted at the back of said fixed member; andmeans at the back of said plate for holding the plate in fixedposiseries, the numerals of one series being inn verted with respect tothose of the other series, the face member having two series ofopenings, one series being in alignment with one of the series ofnumerals on the pivoted plate, and the other series of openings being inalignment with the other series of numerals, the face member havingplayer designating characters positioned adjacent the openingsrespectively.

3. The combination in a time indicator for golf courses, of a fixed facemember; a plate pivotally mounted at the back of the xed member, saidplate having two concentric series of time indicating numerals, saidnumerals indicating a given length of time, the length of time betweenthe series of numerals being the same; and openings in the fixed facemember aligning with the series of numerals on the plate, the facemember having player designating characters thereon positioned adjacentthe openings respectively.

HENRY T. PAISTE.

